REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 23 



conference and of the present condition of the catalogue will be 

 found in the regular annual report of the United States Regional 

 Bureau of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, ap- 

 pended hereto. 



NECROLOGY. 



EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE. 



Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice of the United States and 

 chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution, died May 19, 1921. It is 

 not necessary to here review the life of this distinguished American 

 whose name has been for so many years before the public. At a spe- 

 cial meeting of the Board of Regents held May 27, 1921, the follow- 

 ing resolutions in memory of Chancellor White were adopted : 



Whereas: The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution having re- 

 ceived the announcement of the death on May 19, 1921, of the Hon. Edward 

 Douglass White, Chief Justice of the United States, Regent of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution for ten years, eight years of which he presided as chancellor : 



Resolved, That the board here expresses profound sorrow at the passing 

 away of their beloved colleague, who, as a statesman, jurist, and chancellor, 

 brought always to his work that remarkable ability and high conception of 

 duty that made him so strong an influence for good. 



Resolved, That this minute be made a part of the records of the board, and 

 that a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the family of the late chan- 

 cellor as an expression of the sympathy of the Regents at the irreparable loss 

 sustained in the death of this distinguished public servant and citizen. 



NELSON R. WOOD. 



Nelson R. Wood, for over 32 years a taxidermist in the National 

 Museum, died on November 8, 1920. Mr. Wood was one of the best 

 men in the country in his line of work, and his loss is keenly felt by 

 the Museum. 



WILLIAM PALMER 



William Palmer, taxidermist in the National Museum, died on 

 April 8, 1921, after 30 years' faithful work in that capacity. Mr. 

 Rathbun, late assistant secretary of the Institution, said of him : 



Mr. Palmer has been one of the best all-round taxidermists and preparators 

 in the Museum service. He is not only efficient and a hard worker, but is 

 especially valuable because of his diversified talents, which permit of his being 

 utilized in practically all zoological subjects. 



JOSEPH P. IDDINGS. 



Dr. Joseph P. Iddings, associate in petrology, department of 

 geology, United States National Museum, died September 15, 1920. 

 Doctor Iddings was one of the leading penologists of America, 



